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Most peak foot traffic in the city core? Obviously putting NYC completely aside, it has to be Chicago or SF.
If I HAD to pick one? I think Michigan Ave. in Chicago probably has the highest peak pedestrian volume in the U.S. outside of the NYC area. SF might have a bit more consistent traffic over a sizable area, though.
DC could be a contender too. It has a lot of walkable neighborhoods, great public transportation, and the traffic/parking is horrible.
DC ain't bad, and certainly punches above it's weight, but it's distinctly below Chicago and SF. Could be considered on par with Philly and Boston though perhaps
There are numerous parts of Chicago with a lot of foot traffic outside of Michigan Avenue. The 6 corner area in Wicker Park for example as well as parts of the Gold Coast (Division Street, Rush, etc) both have a lot. State Street in both the Loop and River North too. Then there are areas in Boystown, Lakeview, and Lincoln Park which can have enough as well as Chinatown and Devon Street (little India), Wells Street in Old Town, Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Square, Clark Street in Andersonville, etc.
Pretty much 75% of the Loop Monday thru Friday 8:30am - 5pm or 5:30pm as well - the daytime population in just over 1 sq mile swells to around 750K people during that time. of course, many office works, but when it's lunchtime, or morning/evening rush there's a lot of people out. Then it goes dead after that except for Lakeshore East and around MIllennium/Grant Parks because not a lot of people actually live there.
could't find data for 7th street in DC but I'd imagine it'd be in the range of Walnut and Boylston
^ What is their source and how did they test this? I think that the number of visitors on some streets can vary a lot. I guarantee you that Michigan Avenue gets more than 40K people per day - that number is low.
^^^That's surprising. Market generally doesn't feel *quite* as packed as Michigan, though it could be because the Market St sidewalks are wider? I've seen the 50K figure for Market, but I feel like I've seen higher for Michigan. Generally I observe that Michigan and Market are the clear busiest streets outside of those found in Manhattan, or perhaps Fulton in downtown Brooklyn, which is also packed. In terms of rush hour foot traffic, I'd put the Loop a little ahead of the financial district in SF, but both ahead of the rest. In terms of cohesive, "busy" foot traffic outside of these main streets and downtown rush hours, I'd say SF is a clear #2 behind NYC.
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